Jean-François Damphousse was born July 21, 1979 in Alexis-des-Monts, Quebec. The 1st choice 24th overall selection of the New Jersey Devils in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft, Damphousse is a graduate of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League's Moncton Wildcats and of the Quebec Midget AAA League's Ste-Foy Gouverneurs.

A butterfly style goaltender, Damphousse possesses a great sense of timing and is excellent at reading the play and anticipating shots. The native of Alexis-des-Monts, Quebec spent three seasons in the "Q" before joining the Devils AHL affiliate following his 1998-99 season with Moncton.

After making his professional debut with Albany during the 1998-99 season, Damphousse went on to split the 1999-2000 season with Albany and the ECHL's Augusta Lynx before becoming a main stay in the Albany lineup in 2000-01. In his first full season with the River Rats, Damphousse finished with a 24-23-3 record with a 2.86 goals against average before making his NHL debut with New Jersey in 2001-02.

Damphousse spent the majority of the 2002-03 season with the AHL's Cincinnati Mighty Ducks, before joining the Saint-John Flames. Damphousse was called up by the Anaheim Mighty Ducks in 2002-03, but saw no NHL action.

REGULAR SEASON

PLAYOFFS

Season

Club

League

GP

W

L

T

SO

Avg

GP

W

L

T

SO

Avg

1993-94

Ste-Foy Gouverneurs

QAHA

18

10

1

0

0

2.95

14

10

4

0

0

3.52

1994-95

Ste-Foy Bantam Gouverneurs

QAHA

16

0

3.01

1994-95

Ste-Foy Gouverneurs

QAAA

2

1

0

1

0

3.84

1995-96

Ste-Foy Gouverneurs

QAAA

32

18

10

1

2

3.06

1996-97

Moncton Wildcats

QMJHL

39

6

25

2

0

5.53

1997-98

Moncton Wildcats

QMJHL

59

24

26

6

1

3.07

10

5

5

0

2.82

1998-99

Moncton Wildcats

QMJHL

40

19

17

2

1

3.35

4

0

4

0

3.60

1998-99

Albany River Rats

AHL

1

0

1

0

0

3.06

1999-00

Augusta Lynx

ECHL

14

4

7

0

0

4.35

1999-00

Albany River Rats

AHL

26

9

11

2

0

2.81

2

0

1

0

3.86

2000-01

Albany River Rats

AHL

55

24

23

3

1

2.86

2001-02

New Jersey Devils

NHL

6

1

3

0

0

2.45

2001-02

Albany River Rats

AHL

18

3

11

2

0

3.42

2002-03

Cincinnati Mighty Ducks

AHL

31

12

14

4

0

3.13

2002-03

Saint John Flames

AHL

10

5

5

0

0

2.33

2003-04

Hamilton Bulldogs

AHL

35

19

11

4

2

2.30

10

4

6

1

2.54

2004-05

Quebec RadioX

QNAHL

39

27

8

0

2.86

NHL Totals

6

1

3

0

0

2.44

Traded to Anaheim by New Jersey with Petr Sykora, Mike Commodore and Igor Pohanka for Jeff Friesen, Oleg Tverdovsky and Maxim Balmochnykh, July 6, 2002. Traded to Calgary by Anaheim with Mike Commodore for Rob Niedermayer, March 11, 2003. Signed as a free agent by Montreal, July 4, 2003. Signed as a free agent by Quebec (QNAHL), September 21, 2004.